hie und da
[ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː]
The verdict
“hie und da” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an manchen Stellen, an einigen Orten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hie und da |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hie und da” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hie und da is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for hie und da, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is hie und da, spelled H-I-E- -U-N-D- -D-A.
Definition
- 1an manchen Stellen, an einigen Orten
- 2mehr oder weniger oft, gelegentlich, nicht regelmäßig
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “hie und da”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is H-I-E- -U-N-D- -D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈhiː ʊnt ˈdaː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.